Nick Kyrgios sets up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clash with impressive win in second round

Kyrgios - fresh from winning the Brisbane International before the season's first Grand Slam - looked comfortable in front of his home crowd in setting up a meeting with 15th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the last 32 after dominating a match that lasted for two hours and 12 minutes.

Kygios will harbour real hopes of having too much for Tsonga, who needed five sets to overcome Denis Shapovalov earlier on Wednesday.

The 17th seed's volatile temperament was tested by one noisy fan and then by a hovering helicopter, but he remained focussed enough to win 7-5 6-4 7-6(2) on Hisense Arena.

He was already a set in front when a fan decided to make a name for himself by standing up in the front row in the Hisense Arena and began bellowing while filming himself.

Then a couple of games later a red helicopter hovered above the court, drowning out the sound of the ball being struck.

There was plenty of chuntering from Kyrgios but apart from "freaking out" after a late lapse when he dropped serve at 5-4 in the third, he stuck diligently to his task.

"I think obviously it's pretty easy to think, 'Why me?'" Kyrgios said of the odd incidents. "The guy in the crowd was crazy. I didn't really know what was going on.

"The helicopter, that's when I was thinking like, of course, it's at my match. It's just hovering there. Of course, it is."

"Hearing the ball actually come off the racket is a pretty big thing. I missed four returns. I'm blaming the helicopter."

Kyrgios dominated the first set but had to wait until the 11th game to break, before serving out the set.

He snatched an early break in the second set but was momentarily distracted when a fan stood up and began bellowing and waving his phone around in the front row.

A couple of games later, a red helicopter hovering above the arena had Kyrgios chuntering again but it did not prevent him moving into a two-set lead.

Troicki saved three break points in the opening game of the third set and had one of his own in the next game which Kyrgios swatted away with a clinical backhand.

Kyrgios did break in the next game but what looked like being a routine victory when he served at 5-4 became a little complicated when, out of nowhere, he dropped serve after Troicki got lucky with a netcord and Kyrgios missed a forehand.

The 22-year-old lost in the second round to Andreas Seppi last year having been two sets up, but there was to be no meltdown this time as he ran away with the tiebreak.

Troicki accidentally hit chair umpire James Keothavong on the head with an attempted passing shot, causing much hilarity around the stadium. But a stony-faced Kyrgios remained rock solid to progress with no further alarms.

Two unforced errors from Troicki gifted Kyrgios a break at the start of the second set and he then dipped into his bag of dinks and chips and fizzing winners to take a two-set lead.

Kyrgios broke in the third game of the third set but what looked like being a routine victory when he served at 5-4 hit a snag as, out of nowhere, he dropped serve.

"When he (Troicki) broke back in the third set, I started freaking out a little bit," Kyrgios said.

Troicki saved one match point at 1-6 in the tiebreak with a deft volley but Kyrgios punched a backhand into the corner a point later to complete a good night's work and supply further evidence that he is harnessing his unique talent.

"I think last year, the year before, I probably would have been probably still out on the court right now, could be losing that match," Kyrgios said.